Global ‘Climate Gentrification’ Pushes Poor People into Unsafe Areas – The Energy Mix: This new pattern of climate gentrification
could reshape low-risk areas as havens for the wealthy, while people
with fewer resources are forced to live in unsafe environments. Research
indicates that the regions hardest hit by climate change could include
Canada’s Arctic, which is forecast to experience longer fire seasons,
and coastal areas, which will likely see “severe flooding throughout the
rest of the century,” CBC reports.

In a further complication, people who can only afford to live in
higher-risk areas will likely be left paying disproportionately high
premiums for their homes as insurance companies look to recoup their own
losses from climate impacts. Bloomberg Green reports
that climate change is “exacerbating extreme and freak weather events
so rapidly that even the insurance industry is struggling to keep up.”

Global ‘Climate Gentrification’ Pushes Poor People into Unsafe Areas – The Energy Mix: This new pattern of climate gentrification
could reshape low-risk areas as havens for the wealthy, while people
with fewer resources are forced to live in unsafe environments. Research
indicates that the regions hardest hit by climate change could include
Canada’s Arctic, which is forecast to experience longer fire seasons,
and coastal areas, which will likely see “severe flooding throughout the
rest of the century,” CBC reports. In a further complication, people who can only afford to live in
higher-risk areas will likely be left paying disproportionately high
premiums for their homes as insurance companies look to recoup their own
losses from climate impacts. Bloomberg Green reports
that climate change is “exacerbating extreme and freak weather events
so rapidly that even the insurance industry is struggling to keep up.”Read More

One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.

Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”

Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”

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One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”Click here to comment on the articleRead More

One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.

Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”

Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”

Click here to comment on the article.

One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”Click here to comment on the article.Read More

Local Disasters, Political Shifts Draw Voters’ Attention to Climate – The Energy Mix: Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein agreed it’ll be
“a major challenge for the Liberals to convince voters that they’re
serious about the file while still defending some of the actions they’ve
taken to bring the oil and gas sector along.” After months of
high-profile infighting in the federal Green Party, he sees the New
Democrats poised to “claim the mantle” of climate leadership during a
campaign in which “you’re going to hear a lot about climate”.

Opinion research before and immediately after the election call pointed
to climate change as a top-tier issue in voters’ minds, and the last
couple of days have solidified that position. The Angus Reed Institute lists
environment and climate in first place as the topic voters identify as
their top priority, at 22%, an increase from 17% last September, and 38%
include it in their top three. “For most voters, climate change is
paramount among those who currently say they will support the Liberal
Party, NDP or Bloc Québécois,” the polling agency writes, placing in the
top three for 60% of likely NDP voters, 55% of Bloc supporters, and 51%
of Liberals.

Local Disasters, Political Shifts Draw Voters’ Attention to Climate – The Energy Mix: Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein agreed it’ll be
“a major challenge for the Liberals to convince voters that they’re
serious about the file while still defending some of the actions they’ve
taken to bring the oil and gas sector along.” After months of
high-profile infighting in the federal Green Party, he sees the New
Democrats poised to “claim the mantle” of climate leadership during a
campaign in which “you’re going to hear a lot about climate”.Opinion research before and immediately after the election call pointed
to climate change as a top-tier issue in voters’ minds, and the last
couple of days have solidified that position. The Angus Reed Institute lists
environment and climate in first place as the topic voters identify as
their top priority, at 22%, an increase from 17% last September, and 38%
include it in their top three. “For most voters, climate change is
paramount among those who currently say they will support the Liberal
Party, NDP or Bloc Québécois,” the polling agency writes, placing in the
top three for 60% of likely NDP voters, 55% of Bloc supporters, and 51%
of Liberals.Read More

‘There’s nothing left in Lytton’: the Canadian village destroyed by wildfire – picture essay: For days, a wildfire had been burning to the north
of the village, keeping residents on edge. But now, dark smoke was
billowing in from the south, down by the rail trestle. Unbeknown to
Abbott and others, a second fire was moving rapidly towards the village
and surrounding First Nations communities.

“I
opened up the front door and you could see the flames,” he said. “The
smoke was thick blue and black, and created a whirlwind that tore
through the area.”

Within 30 minutes, most
structures, including Abbott’s house, were destroyed. He and wife
Christine had only minutes to escape, scrambling to save their three
grandchildren and dogs.

‘There’s nothing left in Lytton’: the Canadian village destroyed by wildfire – picture essay: For days, a wildfire had been burning to the north
of the village, keeping residents on edge. But now, dark smoke was
billowing in from the south, down by the rail trestle. Unbeknown to
Abbott and others, a second fire was moving rapidly towards the village
and surrounding First Nations communities.“I
opened up the front door and you could see the flames,” he said. “The
smoke was thick blue and black, and created a whirlwind that tore
through the area.”Within 30 minutes, most
structures, including Abbott’s house, were destroyed. He and wife
Christine had only minutes to escape, scrambling to save their three
grandchildren and dogs.Read More